Dr Josh Townley BForensSc (Hons), PhD is a Scientific Writer for Ego Pharmaceuticals. Josh has been working at Ego since 2010, first as an R&D Chemist where he helped develop and reformulate products, then in the Regulatory Affairs department, preparing documentation for product registrations. He now performs a range of duties, from researching and writing academic articles, to investigating new ways to innovate at Ego using data and AI.
Josh holds a PhD in Chemistry from Monash University. His research involved working with rare earth and alkaline earth complexes that could be used to catalyse reactions for producing biodegradable polymers.
In his spare time, Josh writes horror and science fiction and in 2021 won the Australian Shadows Award for best novel.
Bachelor of Forensic Science with Honours 1st Class: Deakin University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Chemistry: Monash University School of Chemistry
Thesis: Synthesis, Structures and Reactivity of Rare Earth and Alkaline Earth Aryloxides
Spada F, Harrison IP, Barnes TM, Greive KA, Daniels D, Townley JP, et al. Recruitment of adults with moderate eczema for a randomised trial: Comparison of traditional versus modern methods. Australasian Journal of Dermatology 2021;62(4):e510–5.
Spada F, Harrison IP, Barnes TM, Greive KA, Daniels D, Townley JP, et al. A daily regimen of a ceramide-dominant moisturizing cream and cleanser restores the skin permeability barrier in adults with moderate eczema: A randomized trial. Dermatologic Therapy 2021;34(4):e14970.
Ian P Harrison, Townley JP. How scientifically formulated therapeutic moisturisers and cleansers can help to manage the symptoms of dry skin conditions. Dermatological Nursing 2021;20(4):47–9.
Barnes TM, Mijaljica D, Townley JP, Spada F, Harrison IP. Vehicles for drug delivery and cosmetic moisturizers: review and comparison. Pharmaceutics 2021;13(12):2012.
Tran D, Townley JP, Barnes TM, Greive KA. An antiaging skin care system containing alpha hydroxy acids and vitamins improves the biomechanical parameters of facial skin. Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol 2015;8:9–17.
Greive K, Tran D, Townley J, Barnes T. An antiaging skin care system containing alpha hydroxy acids and vitamins improves the biomechanical parameters of facial skin. CCID 2015;8:9–17.
Clark L, Deacon GB, Forsyth CM, Junk PC, Mountford P, Townley JP, et al. Synthesis and structures of calcium and strontium 2, 4-di-tert-butylphenolates and their reactivity towards the amine co-initiated ring-opening polymerisation of rac-lactide. Dalton Transactions 2013;42(25):9294–312.
Deacon GB, Gardiner MG, Junk PC, Townley JP, Wang J. Rare-earth metalation of calix [4] pyrrole/calix [4] arene free of alkali-metal companions. Organometallics 2012;31(10):3857–64.
Clark L, Deacon GB, Forsyth CM, Junk PC, Mountford P, Townley JP. Low-coordinate rare-earth complexes of the asymmetric 2, 4-di-tert-butylphenolate ligand prepared by redox transmetallation/protolysis reactions, and their reactivity towards ring-opening polymerisation. Dalton Transactions 2010;39(29):6693–704.
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